MAY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1373

Regulations under the Education Act, 1914.—Compulsory Attendance at Continuation and Technical Classes.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this seventh day of May, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section one hundred and twenty-four of the Education Act, 1914, as amended by section thirty-seven of the War Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations relating to the compulsory attendance of young persons at a technical school or at continuation classes or technical classes; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. EXCEPT as otherwise provided in section 124 of the Education Act, 1914, as amended by section 37 of the War Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, or in these regulations,—

   (a.) All young persons who are resident within the school districts named in Part I of Schedule I hereto shall attend such continuation or technical classes as are provided for them for not less than four hours in each of thirty weeks between the days severally specified in Part I of Schedule I hereto for each school district in each year.

   (b.) All boys over fourteen years of age but not over seventeen years of age who are resident within the school districts named in Part II of Schedule I hereto shall attend such continuation or technical classes as are provided for them for not less than four hours in each of thirty weeks between the days severally specified in Part II of Schedule I hereto for each school district in each year.

   (c.) All young persons who are resident within the school districts named in Part III of Schedule I hereto shall attend such continuation or technical classes as are provided for them for not less than two hours in each of thirty weeks between the days severally specified in Part III of Schedule I hereto for each school district in each year:

   Provided that a boy who is undergoing military training in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force under the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, shall not be required to devote more than six hours altogether in each week to military training and to attendance at classes under these regulations.

2. The preceding regulations shall not apply to any young person who—

   (a.) Is shown to the satisfaction of the controlling authority of the technical school or classes to be under full-time instruction in the public school, secondary school, technical high school, or other registered school; or

   (b.) Is shown to the satisfaction of the controlling authority to be under suitable and regular instruction elsewhere for a number of hours in each year, being not less than the number of hours during which he would otherwise be required to attend the continuation or technical classes; or

   (c.) Has gained an Intermediate Certificate or obtained a qualification that is recognized by the Minister of Education as equivalent thereto; or

   (d.) Holds a certificate of exemption under regulation 3 hereof.

3. (i.) The Director of the technical school or classes may issue a certificate exempting any young person from attendance, in whole or in part, if he is satisfied that the said person—

   (a.) Is unable to attend by reason of physical or mental infirmity; or

   (b.) Is medically unfit to attend; or

   (c.) Is unable to attend by reason of circumstances directly affecting the livelihood of the family of which he is a member.